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UNITED A STATES,

PATENT ()FFICE.

ROBERT NIVEN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

SHIPPING-BOX.

SPEOIFICATiON forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,819, dated January30, 1894'. Application filed August 30, 1893- SerialNo. 484,369. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT NIVEN, of the city and county of Providence,in the State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in ShippingBoxes or Crates for Celery, of which the following'is a specification.

The figure of the accompanying drawing which forms a part of thisspecification, is a perspective view of box'partly broken away to showinterior construction thereof.

The object .of my invention is to preserve the celery in a fresh crispstate during shipment to market and for several days thereafter if needbe which I accomplish by means of a cheap and convenient device forkeeping the roots wet all the time.

A B represents a box (preferably of wood) of any desired size (I preferto make them fourteen inches square by twenty inches deep) with awater-tight base or metal tray 0 D of any desired depth (five inches issufficient) and having an opening E on one side extending from base totop of box, through which the celery can be conveniently inserted forpacking while the box is placed on its opposite side B. When packed fullthe rod F is placed in position, the box again set upright and water (aninch or more) poured into the base or tray 0 D, in which the roots ofthe celery are standing.

The removable or swinging wire or rod F serves to keep the celery in anupright position when door G is open to display it in market.

vI make the box square and so hinge the door G thereto, that when openit lies flat on one side of the box as shown so as to be out of the way.

Having thus described my device so that any person skilled in themanufacture can readily make it, I claim as my invention and desire tosecure by Letters Patent A shipping box for celery constructed withopening E in one side, door G connected therewith, rod F extendinglaterally across, and secured to the sides of, this opening, for holdingthe celery in an upright position when door is open, and tray 0 D forkeeping water around the roots of the celery, all substantially as setforth.

ROBERT NIVEN.

In presence of DEXTER M. SMALL, GEORGE L. ROCKWELL.

